The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin;: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself: : Together with Essays Humorous, Moral, and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, Volume 1 |
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... gives fuch exquifite and uncommon perfpicuity to the detail and delight in the review . The tranflator has endeavoured , as he went along , to conceive the probable manner in which Dr. Franklin expreffed his ideas in his English ma ...
... gives fuch exquifite and uncommon perfpicuity to the detail and delight in the review . The tranflator has endeavoured , as he went along , to conceive the probable manner in which Dr. Franklin expreffed his ideas in his English ma ...
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... give thanks to providence for the bleffing . And here let me with all humility acknow- ledge , that to divine providence I am indebted for the felicity I have hitherto enjoyed . It is that power alone which has furnished me with the ...
... give thanks to providence for the bleffing . And here let me with all humility acknow- ledge , that to divine providence I am indebted for the felicity I have hitherto enjoyed . It is that power alone which has furnished me with the ...
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... give notice if he saw the proctor ( an officer of the spiritual court ) make his appearance : in that cafe , the lid was restored to its place with the Bible concealed under it as before . I had this anecdote from my uncle Benjamin ...
... give notice if he saw the proctor ( an officer of the spiritual court ) make his appearance : in that cafe , the lid was restored to its place with the Bible concealed under it as before . I had this anecdote from my uncle Benjamin ...
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... give me all his volumes of fermons , written , as I have faid , in the fhort - hand of his invention , if I would take the pains to learn it . I remained however scarcely a year at grammar fchool , although , in this fhort interval , I ...
... give me all his volumes of fermons , written , as I have faid , in the fhort - hand of his invention , if I would take the pains to learn it . I remained however scarcely a year at grammar fchool , although , in this fhort interval , I ...
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... give the appearance of being obftinately attached to my opinion . rather faid , I imagine , I fuppofe , or it appears to me , that such a thing is fo or fo , for such and fuch reafons ; or it is fo , if I am not mistaken . This habit ...
... give the appearance of being obftinately attached to my opinion . rather faid , I imagine , I fuppofe , or it appears to me , that such a thing is fo or fo , for such and fuch reafons ; or it is fo , if I am not mistaken . This habit ...
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